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  • Present Continuous Questions and Negative: Calling My Landlady (Listen + Speak)

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    Listen to the conversation about fixing a broken toilet in an apartment. Learn questions and negative sentences in present continuous and practice it with the AI Tutor. The vocabulary focuses on living in an apartment.

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Calling My Landlady

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A guy has a leaky toilet, and he is letting the landlady know. Learn questions and negative sentences in present continuous. Then, practice it with the AI Tutor.

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Calling My Landlady

(1) Nancy: Listen
Hey, Bob. What are you doing?
(2) Bob: Listen
Oh, Nancy! Sorry. I [vocab word=completely]completely[/vocab] forgot our date! I'm so sorry!

"forgot" is the past tense of "forget". A date means Nancy and Bob are girlfriend and boyfriend, and they go out together.

(3) Nancy: Listen
That's okay. We [vocab word=still]still[/vocab] have time. But, what are you doing? Are you doing your homework or something?

For a Yes/No question, the format is Be verb + subject + verb (-ing).

(4) Bob: Listen
No, I'm not doing my homework. I'm writing an email now.

For a negative sentence, put "not" after the be verb.

(5) Nancy: Listen
Who are you writing it to?

This is "Question word + be verb + subject + verb (-ing)".

(6) Bob: Listen
I'm writing an email to my landlady.

A landlady rents her house to a person.

(7) Nancy: Listen
Oh, what's [vocab word=wrong]wrong[/vocab]?
(8) Bob: Listen
My [vocab word=toilet]toilet[/vocab] is [vocab word=leak]leaking[/vocab]. Also, it doesn't [vocab word=flush]flush[/vocab].
(9) Nancy: Listen
Where is your toilet leaking? I don't see any [vocab word=leak]leak[/vocab].

"leak" is a verb OR a noun. Here, the word "leak" is a noun. It's the water.

(10) Bob: Listen
It's right here. Look at the back.
(11) Nancy: Listen
That's nasty!
(12) Bob: Listen
The sink is also [vocab word=broken]broken[/vocab]. See?
(13) Nancy: Listen
Are you writing your landlady about the sink, too?
(14) Bob: Listen
Yes, I am.
(15) Nancy: Listen
Well, call her. Don't just write an email.
(16) Bob: Listen
She is a very [vocab word=scary]scary[/vocab] lady. So, I'm not calling her. But, someone is.

"someone" means a person (an unspecified person). "Someone is." here means "Someone is calling her."

(17) Nancy: Listen
Who is calling her?

This is a "subject question". "Who" is the subject of this sentence.

(18) Bob: Listen
You are.

This is short for "You are calling her."

(19) Nancy: Listen
What a wimp...

A "wimp" is a person without courage. The person is scared easily. It's a colloquial (spoken language, informal) word.

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Calling My Landlady

(1) Nancy: Listen
Hey, Bob. What are you doing?
(2) Bob: Listen
Oh, Nancy! Sorry. I [vocab word=completely]completely[/vocab] forgot our date! I'm so sorry!

"forgot" is the past tense of "forget". A date means Nancy and Bob are girlfriend and boyfriend, and they go out together.

(3) Nancy: Listen
That's okay. We [vocab word=still]still[/vocab] have time. But, what are you doing? Are you doing your homework or something?

For a Yes/No question, the format is Be verb + subject + verb (-ing).

(4) Bob: Listen
No, I'm not doing my homework. I'm writing an email now.

For a negative sentence, put "not" after the be verb.

(5) Nancy: Listen
Who are you writing it to?

This is "Question word + be verb + subject + verb (-ing)".

(6) Bob: Listen
I'm writing an email to my landlady.

A landlady rents her house to a person.

(7) Nancy: Listen
Oh, what's [vocab word=wrong]wrong[/vocab]?
(8) Bob: Listen
My [vocab word=toilet]toilet[/vocab] is [vocab word=leak]leaking[/vocab]. Also, it doesn't [vocab word=flush]flush[/vocab].
(9) Nancy: Listen
Where is your toilet leaking? I don't see any [vocab word=leak]leak[/vocab].

"leak" is a verb OR a noun. Here, the word "leak" is a noun. It's the water.

(10) Bob: Listen
It's right here. Look at the back.
(11) Nancy: Listen
That's nasty!
(12) Bob: Listen
The sink is also [vocab word=broken]broken[/vocab]. See?
(13) Nancy: Listen
Are you writing your landlady about the sink, too?
(14) Bob: Listen
Yes, I am.
(15) Nancy: Listen
Well, call her. Don't just write an email.
(16) Bob: Listen
She is a very [vocab word=scary]scary[/vocab] lady. So, I'm not calling her. But, someone is.

"someone" means a person (an unspecified person). "Someone is." here means "Someone is calling her."

(17) Nancy: Listen
Who is calling her?

This is a "subject question". "Who" is the subject of this sentence.

(18) Bob: Listen
You are.

This is short for "You are calling her."

(19) Nancy: Listen
What a wimp...

A "wimp" is a person without courage. The person is scared easily. It's a colloquial (spoken language, informal) word.

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